Solz Atraumatic Breast Dissector, 36 cm – Heavy Spatula

Atraumatic dissection depends on the instrument staying exactly where it is put, and a light blade cannot do that. Pushed against resistance it flexes, then springs forward when the tissue gives — and that sudden release is what tears a plane rather than opening it. A heavy spatula holds its shape under the same load, so the tissue separates progressively at the rate the surgeon applies force, with no stored energy waiting to let go.

The spatula shape spreads that force over a broad flat face. Pressing tissue apart across a wide area keeps the pressure at any one point low, which is what allows a blunt instrument to open a plane that would otherwise need sharp dissection and the bleeding that comes with it. 36 cm places this among the longer breast instruments, reaching the far edge of a pocket while the surgeon works through a small incision.

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